Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110415:01:42:00
John roberts, a man who frankly misled the united states senate during his hearings. he talked about how he thought that being a supreme court justice would mean that he needs to be an umpire, just calling the balls and strike, you know, not putting his thumb on the scale. and then under roberts' leadership, the supreme court reached out in the citizens united case to address an issue that had not been presented to the court. and in citizens united, they reach out, take an issue that was not presented to the court, and they open the floodgates for corporations to basically buy elections. so th...